I am writing this Journal because I felt the recent loss of  ponybird and  Loki_Blackfang in a car accident hit a little too close to home in a personal sense. I didn't know Loki Blackfang as much as I did as Vex AKA PonyBird. Vex seems to have been a fan of my pictures, my fursuits, and of course birds. His fursona was a Hippogryph therefore he was a fellow feathery like me.

Well Vex was a follower here on my FA Page and I followed him on Twitter. I saw his last tweet merely hours before I heard the first bit of bad news about him and Loki dying in a Car Accident. It's just so sad too see how lively they were only to die tragically in a car accident. It's been a rough few days here since hearing about this. I even broke down and cried tonight after my work week was over thinking about this and how quickly your life can end. It's even hard just to drive thinking of this. The furry fandom is like a big family to me and to hear of things like this happening is hard on all of us. I have lost members of my actual family members and co workers from car accidents and I know hearing about this is tragic and very sad.

Right now there is a fundraiser effort going on to help cover for the expenses of getting Vex home right here at: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3273506/ I hope you can help out.